Deputies and worried family members are trying to find an 86-year-old insulin-dependent man with Alzheimer’s who went missing Sunday after becoming separated from his family at a swap meet in South El Monte, officials said.

Jose Guadalupe Dehorta Cruz was last seen about 10:30 a.m. at a flea market in the 2500 block of Chico Avenue, south of Garvey Avenue, said Deputy Kimberly Alexander of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

“Mr. Dehorta Cruz suffers from Alzheimer’s and is insulin dependent,” the deputy said in a written statement. “His family has not seen or heard from him and are very concerned for his safety. They are seeking the public’s help in locating him.”

Officials described the missing man as Latino, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 160 pounds, with white-and-gray hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a plaid shirt, blue jeans, a blue hat, a beige jacket, black dress shoes and glasses.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Sheriff’s Missing Persons Detail at 323-890-5500.

Brian Day has covered crime and breaking news for the Southern California News Group since 2007. He’s a graduate of California State University, Fullerton and Cerritos College in Norwalk. He loves dogs and has a pet German shepherd, which in turn, has a pet cat. Brian is a local news junkie, a licensed drone pilot and a part-time science geek with an unfortunate predilection for puns.

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